October 29, 2015 Week 9 · Regular Season Belt defended

TCU defends the belt, 40–10, at home over West Virginia.

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Recap

TCU dominated West Virginia from start to finish, establishing control early with a methodical offensive attack led by Trevone Boykin. The Horned Frogs scored touchdowns on their opening two drives, with Boykin throwing a 17-yard touchdown to Josh Doctson and then running in a 2-yard score, before adding a 20-yard field goal to jump ahead 17-0. West Virginia managed only a field goal and one touchdown pass to Shelton Gibson in the first half, trailing 26-10 at the break. TCU put the game completely out of reach in the third quarter, with Boykin orchestrating multiple scoring drives capped by touchdown passes to Kyle Hicks and Josh Doctson again, while the Mountaineers' lone offensive bright spot came from a 51-yard field goal by Josh Lambert. An interception by Travin Howard in the fourth quarter sealed the outcome.

Boykin's 45-yard completion to Josh Doctson in Q1 set up a field goal and established TCU's passing dominance early
West Virginia's touchdown pass to Shelton Gibson in Q2 was their only offensive score of the game, trailing 17-7 at that point
TCU's two touchdown passes in Q3 to Kyle Hicks and Josh Doctson extended the lead to 40-10 and put the game completely out of reach
Travin Howard's interception of Skyler Howard in Q4 sealed the defensive performance and prevented any West Virginia comeback

Written by Claude from the box score and play-by-play on this page — a plain-English recap of the numbers below, not a substitute for them.

Full Box Score

Team stats

CFBD box score

TCUWest Virginia

Total yards616327

Rushing yards227167

Passing yards389160

First downs3521

3rd down conv.5/134/17

Turnovers01

Penalties–yards9–1009–114

Time of possession36:2123:39

Full team box score from CFBD’s /games/teams data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have team-level stats that far back.

Play By Play

Key plays

CFBD play-by-play

When	Team	Yards	Play
Q1 8:46	TCU	+17 yd	Josh Doctson 17 Yd pass from Trevone Boykin (Jaden Oberkrom Kick)
Q1 6:28	TCU	+31 yd	Trevone Boykin pass complete to KaVontae Turpin for 31 yds to the WVirg 23 for a 1ST down
Q1 4:49	TCU	+2 yd	Trevone Boykin 2 Yd Run (Jaden Oberkrom Kick)
Q1 6:54	TCU	+27 yd	Trevone Boykin run for 27 yds to the TCU 46 for a 1ST down
Q1 3:07	TCU	+45 yd	Trevone Boykin pass complete to Josh Doctson for 45 yds to the WVirg 10 for a 1ST down
Q1 1:01	TCU	+20 yd	Jaden Oberkrom 20 Yd Field Goal
Q2 11:19	West Virginia	+32 yd	Shelton Gibson 32 Yd pass from Skyler Howard (Josh Lambert Kick)
Q2 6:47	West Virginia	+28 yd	Skyler Howard pass complete to David Sills for 28 yds to the WVirg 47 for a 1ST down
Q2 5:02	West Virginia	+51 yd	Josh Lambert 51 Yd Field Goal
Q2 5:00	TCU	+22 yd	Trevone Boykin pass complete to Kolby Listenbee for 22 yds to the WVirg 49 for a 1ST down
Q2 5:02	West Virginia	+28 yd	Nick O'Toole kickoff for 64 yds , KaVontae Turpin return for 28 yds to the TCU 29
Q2 1:05	TCU	+23 yd	Jaden Oberkrom 23 Yd Field Goal
Q2 0:00	TCU	+57 yd	Jaden Oberkrom 57 Yd Field Goal
Q3 12:43	TCU	+7 yd	Kyle Hicks 7 Yd pass from Trevone Boykin (Jaden Oberkrom Kick)
Q3 13:40	TCU	+29 yd	Trevone Boykin run for 29 yds to the WVirg 27 for a 1ST down
Q3 13:16	TCU	+21 yd	Aaron Green run for 21 yds to the WVirg 6 for a 1ST down
Q3 9:25	TCU	+9 yd	Josh Doctson 9 Yd pass from Trevone Boykin (Jaden Oberkrom Kick)
Q3 10:59	TCU	+20 yd	Trevone Boykin pass complete to Jarrison Stewart for 20 yds to the TCU 39 for a 1ST down
Q3 9:37	TCU	+42 yd	Trevone Boykin pass complete to Kolby Listenbee for 42 yds to the WVirg 9 for a 1ST down
Q3 0:00	TCU	+26 yd	Trevone Boykin pass complete to Josh Doctson for 26 yds to the WVirg 29 for a 1ST down
Q4 14:05	TCU	+43 yd	Jaden Oberkrom 43 Yd Field Goal
Q4 9:31	West Virginia	-4 yd	Skyler Howard pass intercepted Travin Howard return for 4 yds to the TCU 19
Q4 4:36	TCU	+29 yd	Trevorris Johnson run for 29 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down

Scoring plays, turnovers, and gains of 20+ yards, pulled from CFBD’s play-by-play. This section only appears for belt games with play-by-play on file (2003 onward).

Box Score

Player stats

CFBD player stats

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Trevone BoykinTCU	33/48	389	8.1	3	0	90.9
KaVontae TurpinTCU	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	1.2
Skyler HowardWest Virginia	16/39	160	4.1	1	1	30.1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Trevone BoykinTCU	11	84	7.6	1	29
Aaron GreenTCU	15	67	4.5	0	21
Trevorris JohnsonTCU	6	52	8.7	0	29
Colten ChristensenTCU	3	9	3.0	0	4
Shaun NixonTCU	1	8	8.0	0	8
Kyle HicksTCU	3	7	2.3	0	6
Wendell SmallwoodWest Virginia	20	113	5.7	0	14
Skyler HowardWest Virginia	10	40	4.0	0	12
Rushel ShellWest Virginia	7	14	2.0	0	8

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Josh DoctsonTCU	12	184	15.3	2	45
Kolby ListenbeeTCU	4	86	21.5	0	42
KaVontae TurpinTCU	7	42	6.0	0	31
Jarrison StewartTCU	2	26	13.0	0	20
Aaron GreenTCU	2	16	8.0	0	13
Kyle HicksTCU	2	14	7.0	1	7
Jaelan AustinTCU	1	11	11.0	0	11
Shaun NixonTCU	2	6	3.0	0	5
Charlie ReidTCU	1	4	4.0	0	4
David Sills VWest Virginia	3	42	14.0	0	28
Shelton GibsonWest Virginia	2	36	18.0	1	32
Rushel ShellWest Virginia	2	23	11.5	0	17
Jordan ThompsonWest Virginia	3	23	7.7	0	11
Daikiel ShortsWest Virginia	2	13	6.5	0	8
Jovon DuranteWest Virginia	1	10	10.0	0	10
William Crest Jr.West Virginia	1	7	7.0	0	7
Elijah WellmanWest Virginia	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wendell SmallwoodWest Virginia	1	1	1.0	0	1

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Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Travin HowardTCU	1	4	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
KaVontae TurpinTCU	1	28	28.0	28	0
Jovon DuranteWest Virginia	1	18	18.0	18	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Jaden OberkromTCU	4/4	100.0	57	4/4	16
Josh LambertWest Virginia	1/1	100.0	51	1/1	4

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
KaVontae TurpinTCU	1	3	3.0	3	0

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Ethan PerryTCU	4	135	33.8	0	0	35
Nick O'TooleWest Virginia	7	319	45.6	0	0	54

Full player stats from CFBD’s /games/players data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have player-level stats that far back.

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